JamesAndrix comments on Where Recursive Justification Hits Bottom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JamesAndrix 08 July 2008 02:57:22PM -1 points [-]

When he said "And when you ask these strange beings why they keep using priors that never seem to work in real life... they reply, "Because it's never worked for us before!"" I read it as: There are people walking around that think like this at least part of the time. It possible that everyone thinks like this in certain circumstances. It may be yet another bias/ design flaw to watch out for while thinking. This leads to the advice "Don't be born with a stupid prior."